By Shamindra Ferdinando President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has brought in Ali Sabry, PC, as the new Finance Minister in place of his controversial younger brother Basil in the...
Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army, General Shavendra Silva, yesterday briefed Defence Advisers/Attaches of Sri Lanka-based High Commissions and Embassies, after inviting them...
The Professionals’ National Front (PNF) Chief Secretary Kapila Renuka Perera has requested the appointment of a 15-member Cabinet, comprising professionals, as an interim measure to save...
… calls for interim set-up before presidential and general elections By Shamindra Ferdinando Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) lawmaker Manusha Nanayakkara says the main Opposition party wouldn’t, under...
By Norman Palihawadana Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday (04) told The Island that he would not quit over the current political crisis. The SLPP government still had a...
By Ifham Nizam Despite a pledge by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) top management to limit daily power cuts to four hours from Monday, they are...
By Ifham Nizam The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has failed to furnish a Letter of Credit (LoC) to a ship carrying coal that arrived here on...
ProtestErs marching along the Dalada Veediya, Kandy yesterday shouting slogans and carrying placards asking the government to resign immediately . Pic by Cyril Wimalasurendre
Sri Lanka will receive JPY 500 mn (USD 4.1 mn) from Japan to expand agricultural production and exports and help import of safe agricultural products and...
JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday said that his party would turn down the invitation by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to form an all-party interim government. Addressing...